Month: September 2016

Strength Training for Fat Loss is our continuing education course of the week. We are pleased to announce that this course has recently been endorsed by The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES). Upon completion of the course you will now earn 7 BASES credits. BASES are the professional body leading excellence in sport and exercise sciences through evidence-based practice. If you aren’t a BASES member but you are a member of REP’s don’t worry they also endorse this course, as do many other certified organisations.

We are pleased to announce that we will be attending the UKSCA Annual Conference taking place form 16th September until 18th September at the Jurys Inn Island Hotel, Leicestershire. Speakers at this prestigious event include Human Kinetics author of Essentials of Strength Training and Condition 4th edition, G. Gregory Haff. Greg will be doing a presentation on ‘cluster sets: current methods for introducing variations to training sets’. Human Kinetics will be there selling numerous books, come and say hello.

According to the Finnish government, children should spend at least three hours a day performing physical activities. Parents in the country have been advised to actively encourage their children to pursue hobbies and interests that require physical exertion. Children under the age of eight are the main target in the new scheme.